[PHOTOS] Gingerbread Winners

On Saturday, November 17th, a full house of spectators and anxious competitors gathered for the awards ceremony of the 20th anniversary of The Grove Park Inn National Gingerbread House Competition in Asheville, NC. There were 182 entries that were judged throughout the day by a panel of elite judges whose backgrounds range from world-renowned sugar craft arts and pastry chefs to cookbook authors, a cake baker for the stars and a curator for the Metropolitan Museum in NYC.

Entries were judged on overall appearance, originality/creativity, difficulty, precision and consistency of theme. Except for the base, the entries must be constructed entirely of edible materials. This year the cash and prizes nearly doubled. The Grand Prize Winner received $7500 in cash and prizes.

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